Posts Tagged “European Commission”

• Roma Education: What Is and What Ought to Be

  February 28, 2011 | by Bernard Rorke

  Will anti-Roma hate-mongering drown out EU attempts to create equal access to quality early childhood education and care?

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  Posted in: Education & Youth, Europe, Rights & Justice

  Topics: Bernard Rorke, Czech Republic, early childhood education, EU, European Commission, Hungarian Presidency of the EU, Hungary, Ostrava, Roma, Roma Education, youth
  

• The History Lesson Europe Needs Right Now

  December 22, 2010 | by Bernard Rorke

  Ignorance concerning the half million Roma who perished during the Holocaust reinforces anti-Roma prejudice today. To counter this, the European Parliament should inaugurate an official day of remembrance for the victims and survivors.

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  Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice

  Topics: Baro Porrajmos, Bernard Rorke, Elie Wiesel, European Commission, European Parliament, France, genocide, Germany, Great Devouring, Holocaust, Nazi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Roma, Romani Rose, Viviane Reding, World War II, Yehuda Bauer
  

• Stereotyping the Roma in Bulgaria

  November 8, 2010 | by Violeta Naydenova

  Why are we Bulgarians so quick to defend attacks on our national identity yet silent on the treatment of the Roma, the country's largest ethnic minority?

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  Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice

  Topics: Boris Georgiev, Boyko Borisov, Bulgaria, European Commission, Roma, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Violeta Naydenova
  

• Combating Roma Inequality with Numbers

  September 24, 2010 | by Bernard Rorke

  The lack of reliable data about Roma communities remains a major obstacle to reducing inequality and eliminating discrimination. Put bluntly, if there are no data there can be no progress.

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  Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice

  Topics: Bernard Rorke, data, Decade of Roma Inclusion, development, European Commission, European Union, millennium development goals, Roma, Roma Initiative, United Nations
  

• Reding on Roma: The Committed Commissioner

  September 3, 2010 | by Bernard Rorke

  The statement by Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, on the situation of Roma in Europe is to be welcomed for its unequivocal and forthright commitment to Roma inclusion.

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  Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice

  Topics: Bernard Rorke, European Commission, European Union, evictions, France, Roma, Vivane Reding